April foolery
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˌeɪpɹɪl ˈfuːləɹi/
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editApril foolery (usually uncountable, plural April fooleries)
- Tricks played on April Fools' Day.
- 1934, James Hilton, chapter 8, in Goodbye, Mr. Chips[1], London: Hodder & Stoughton:
- Not till days afterward did he realize that it had been a piece of April-foolery.
- 2002 April 1, Brian Whitaker, “These Foolish Things”, in The Guardian:
- On March 31 last year, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia issued a warning to Muslims not to participate in April foolery, which he described as "a practice of the unbelievers".